After months of preparation and a three-hour drive to Woods Hole, Mass., we finally drove our truck and trailer, with four bovines and one donkey, onto the ferry for a 45-minute boat ride to Martha's Vineyard for its 160th Agricultural Fair. This year farm helpers Diane Hersey and Maggie Harrington joined us to help clean stalls, [...]
Caption: Heidi, a Scottish Highlander cow, keeps a close eye as I prepare to bottle feed her calf, who was unable to nurse because mom's teats were too large for his little mouth. I'm not sure which I like more: bottle feeding a calf or teaching sixteen children how to handle calves. Both have their charms...and [...]
When kids and calves get together for Farm Camp, it might look like chaos, but lots of learning is going on.
Farm Camp was so much fun. Check out these photos and videos of your child's session. Session One Photo Show Session One Photos -July 11-15, 2022 Select your favorite photos to download Session One - Photo Downloads Watch the Calf Show videos Session One - Videos Session One Calf Show Video-1 (2:23 minutes) Session One Calf [...]